The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-15 00:00:00

• We have very little to add to the observations which we yesterday made upon the French Bulle tins. The more we consider them, the more we are convinced that the successes of the French have been very much exaggerated. There is a studied confu sion in the i t th- Bulletin, giving an account of the Battle of Tudela, that leads unto think the victory by no means so decisive as we were induced to believe. It is evident indeed, that the result of the battle did not satisfy BUONAPARTE, for the Bulletin contains a dire& accusation against Marshal Ncr, certainly one of the most able Generals in the French service.— Independent of the Bulletins, there is very little news in the French Papers. The iloniteui takes an opportunity of giving a very exaggerated account of the military force of France, in the shape of an an swer to some observations upon an article in Tue. SUN; this statement, though given with an affecta tion of carelessness, k obviously intended its a piece of very useful intelligence to the Continental Pow ers, and particularly to the Emperor of AUSTRIA. Two Soanish Officers arrived on Monday list in the Indefatigable at Plymouth. They arrived in town last night. One brings Dispatches to Government, and the other to the Spanish Ambassador. The contents had not transpired when this Paper was put to press ; but a Gentleman who came passenger, has, it is said, brought a Gazette, dated Madrid, the 25th ult. which contradicts the statements in some of the French Bulletins. There are two Supplements to this Gazette, in which are an Address from the Consejo of Gistile, and a Proclamation from the Central Junta. By the latter, the people in general are invited to arm, and an order is issued for raising 150,000 men, in addition to those already . embodied. To Generals Moitt.A and CASTELAr, the defqnce of the capital is entrusted by the same authority. 4 grew body of cavalry, and another of infantry, were adv4ncing to Madrid. Other measures of pub lic defence have been taken in the North. Four teen thousand men had been posted at Neil() de Guaderatna, and 20,000:at Soinosierra, two important Passes iu the chain of Mountains which divide Old and New Castile, and this was deemed sufficient to check the advances of the Enemy in that quarter. Some private lettera had been discovered, ad tirc3sed to those who are in the French interest at Madrid, and bad been exposed to the people at large. Advice& received by the Snapper Schooner, state, that General Hope, whose fate has excited so much interest, was to join Sir JOI-IN MOORE on the Ist instant at Salamanca ; a proof that the former is safe, and that the reports are false which stated the retreat of the latter. A Corurvia Ma4:l arrived this morning, by which we have re(A!iveti Spanish "lapel - 4 to the 4th inst. I:l,Lit they do out cunt:tin any thing of importance. The public sittings of the Court of Inquiry at Chelsea terminated yesterday, the President, Sir DAvin I)z.tsnAs, havwg signitiekl that, as the exa mnation of the evidence Was closed, the future pro ceedings of the 13 uaril would be of a private nature; *kw public , s , illot.coOrw, iie4lue time, be fully In fortne4 ut the j94men of the Court, and 11011 e. can doubt tlAt that )44titrent "rill be governed by every jut audiwri o urablo feeling,* well as by a coniplete Icnowlecige - of tLa subje4t, in all its bearings and re lations. "Theconapolcucy of the Court for . the in- IrJstigation of this important affair none have pre-- steed tolues . tion, INt thus; who were notoriously influenced by the spirit or party, and who most illi berally prejudged all the persons concerned,- and en deilioured taexcite universal discontent, in hopes to involve the fate of Ministers in the issue of the In quiry. The gross personalities which werecast upon Sir A. WELLESLEY- in particular, will belong recol leeled by the public, and all the disgrace which the authors of them attempted to bring on that gallant Officer will recoil' upon themselves, for even his bitterest enemies are now compelled to admit that it certainly appears, from the.opinions of several " of the Generals, and many distinguished Officers " examined by the Board, that the pursuit of the " enemy might have led to the MOST DECISIVE AD " VAN rAGes." We have seleted this passage from a Morning Print that was peculiarly hostile to Sir ARTHUR, if', indeed, there was any - distinaion among the Opposition Journals, who all laboured to render him the objea of national resentment, It is acknowledged then, that the measure he proposed, of following up the victory of the 2 1 Nt, was sanc tioned by the opinion of Officers, whose judgment and knowledge are unimpeachable, and that the ef fea might have been all that .he country could wish. —This admission puts an end to the attempts which have been made to bring discredit upon Ministers, upon the charge of their not having provided suffi ciently for the overthrow of the French in Portugal. We urged this point some time ago, relying upon the judgment of Sir ARTHUR, as well as upon the zeal and promptitude of Ministers, for it would be absurd to suppose that Sir ARTHUR would have risked the important advantages which he had gained, if he had not been supplied by Mi nisters, to the utmost of their power, with the means of following up the viaory which he had so ably obtained. Thus then the Party Writers must abandon their silly hope of rendering the Conven, tion of Cintra an instrument for the retnoval of Ministers, since that Convention, whatever its good or bad qualities may be, obviously resulted from the obstacles which were opposed to the prosecution of that plan which was proposed by Sir ARTHUR WEL LESLEY, and 'approved by Officers of unimpeach able knowledge and experience. On the 28th July last, his Majesty's Ship Leo pard left the following Ships, outward-bound, in lat. 35: S. long. 7. E. viz.— Earl St. Vincent, Bengal, sane, Duchess of Gordon ; Iluddart and Ilarliot, extra Ships. A Letter has been received from Capt. HAWES, of the Monarch, outward-bound, dated At sea, the sth August last, advising that on the 3d of that month, in lat. 2. 14. S. long. 27. 30. W. the Nona rch, Earl Spencer, Lord Eldon, Travers, and Carmarthen, fell in with the Ship Jenny, under Hamburg!) colours, from Buenos Avres, bound to Tonning, laden with hides and copper, which they took possession of, and sent her to the Cape of Good Hope for con demnation.' Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, froru Windsor, where he was received by the Duke of KENT. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee. The following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, upon his promotion on being apptinted an Admiral of the White, and upon his re turn from the Baltic. Major-Gcnerwl spencer upon his - return from Portugal. ' V i....ount Somei ton, upon cunning to his title. Captain Dunnas i of the Royal Navy, upon his being ap pointid a Comini,,bioner at Boinbay. Captain Legg, u; on his return from the Mediterranean. Major-General Ford . Bowes, upon his return from Por tugal. Captain Inm.n, of the Royal Navy, upon his being ap pointed a Commissioner at Madras. Captain Wchicy, of the Royal Navy, upon his return front service in the Baltic. Colonel DRINKWATER laid before his MAJEsTY the Seventh Report of the Commissioners of the Military Inquiry. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of PORTLAND, Mr. CANNING, and the rest of the Ca binet Ministers. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which a Proclamation was agreed to be issued, for further proroguing Parliament from the 16th to the lyth of January, then to meet for the dispatch of business. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Duke of PORTLAND at his house in Piccadilly. Yesterday Earl CAMDEN arrived in town from his seat, the Wilderness, in Kent, to attend His MA JESTY. The ilfricaine was to sail this day from Shithead for Malta, haVing on board the DuKe of ORLEANS, sister, and the Countess of MOUNTJOY. Lord MtN'ro writes, on the 29th of June, from Calcutta, to the Chairman of the East India Com pany, that profound tranquillity, 'Order, and good go vernment, reigned throughont all the Company's possessions ; and that next year he should certainly be able to remit from 8()0,0001. to 1,200,y001. sterling, surplus revenue, to this country. Yesterday a Court of Diredors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned oth - cers were sworn into the command of their, respec tive Ships, viz.—Captain J. N. WtHIA, of the Lord Melville, for Madras and Bengal ; Capt. R. WEL-. BANK, of the eggite/tx, for Sy. Helena, Bencoolen, and China : Capt. I,ncn, cif the Staleby Castle, Capt. P. WEDDERBORNE, of the Cumberland, and Capt. G. BONHAM, of the' True Brion, for Bombay and China ; Captain M. IsA cx,E, of the Neica/fe, and Capt. J. A. CUI , a,IRLEGEJ of the Surry, for Madras and Bengal. • In consequence of the general tranquillity in India, and the few casualties in the civil service, the nominations of Cadets and Writers for that coun try in the ensuing seaon will be upon a reduced . scale.'' SECOND EDITION. SUA-OFFICE, lIALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK, P. M, The follow/Mg, we have reason to beliete, is the substance of the intelligence received by Govern- ment from Spain : Accounts have been received from Saragossa, dated the 24th, stating, that Gen. CASTANOS, upon hearing that the French were moving a corps upon Soria from Burgos, and passing the Ebro at Lo- grono, had assembled an army of 40,000 foot and 4000 horse, and had taken up a position in an oblique line from Tudela to Borjn. This position was unfavourable, as Tudela, the right and the advanced part of the position, was cotnmanded by heights, and was indefensible. The French took advantage of this errror, and having colle6lo an army of 45,000 men, commenced their attack on the Spanish right, on the 23d, and (Ideated two divisions of Valencians and Murcia's, who retreated with con- siderable loss, towards Saragossa. Subsequent accounts from Saragossa, of the 45th, state, that the Arragonese and Andalusian Divisions did not suffer much, and had been able to retire in order, which is confirmed by the French accounts. The precise route taken by General CASTANOS'S army is not given. Saragossa was to be defended by 1.5,000 men. General Hopes Division arrived at Villa Cason on the 28th ult. and would be at Arevola the 29th, on his route to Salamanca, in the neighbourhood of which place it was expe&ed he would forma junc tion.with Sir JOHN MooRE. 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He fell on the quarter-deck, And expired almost instantly The Officer was immediately secured, A-coroner's Inquest is, we understand, to sit on the body of Captain RALpettsToat. This morning the body of Captain B. was brought on shore, and minute guns were fired from the Ship. Arrived the Indefatigable Frigate, Captain RODD, from a cruize off the coast of France ; and the Btig Perseverance, EDDINGTON, from Waterford, bound to London, with provisions. This morning two Officers landed from the blnde fatigable Frigate, with Dispatches, and set off irnme, diatcly► for London. It is rumoured they bring an account of the jun6lion of the armies of Sir D. BAIRD, Sir S. MoORE, and the Marquis of ItommiA, making a total of near 70,00.0 men and that the defeat of CASTANOS is not of the serious nature as has been represented. Sailed the Virago Sloop of War, with Dispatches for Spain ; the same Which were to have been taken out by the Parthian ; the latter being now detained on account of the melancholy fate of her Com mander. Arrived, the Rosena, Bromic, from Gottenburgh, with timber and deals. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Saile4 his I‘laje3ty's Ship Medusa on a crnize. FA LItIOUT VI, DEC. 12. — Arrived the Portuguese Frigate Urania from Portsmouth. Sailed the Morristown armed Brig, with a con voy, for Wales. DEAL, Drc. 14.—Sailed this afternoon the East- India Fleet tor the River, and his Majesty's Ship 0 eron on a cruize. SHEERNESS, DEC. 13.—Came down the Rivet, and proceeded on to the Downs, the Prince dfrinui, a very handsome Brig, fitted Op in an elegant man ner, with brass guns, intended as a present to the Emperor of Morocco. Caine into harbour the "Etna Bomb. • DEC. 1.4.--t-. Sailed the Censor Gun-brig for Yar mouth. Came into harbour his Majesty's Ship Iphigenia. 'the Thetis was paid up to six months, and will sail to-morrow for Portsmoul h. Tile Blake is ordered to he manned with the greatest expedition, and -Ordered round to Ports mouth. NI.-;.DIAS IN Dtc 13. The Culloden, Admiral Sir E. PELLew, captnrol L'u n iva Prnait• e r Brig of eigot carriage guns, and 70 we n, on the morning of the toth, the Basses healing N. N. E. 50 WileS. The Privateer at first, gave chace, but discovered, her mistake, when the. Culloden haulectto'the wind after him, he instantly. r oo k flight, lAA the wind, being high - an4- the sva 'h eavy , b e Was taken, after a chace of two hours, and a half or the same tack. FEENCH PAPERS. TWELFTH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SPAnc " ARANDA, Nov. 28.—At the battle of Tudela, the General of Division Lagrange, charged with the attack of Cascante, ordered his division to march by Echelon, and put himself at the head of the first division, composed of the 25th regiment Of . Liglit Infantry, which fell upon the enemy with such im petuosity, that 200 Spaniards were killed in the first_ . charge of the bayonet. The other echelons co uld not come up. This singular intrepidity spread' Con sternation and disorder among the troops Of Casta nos. It was at this moment that General Legrange, who was at the head of the first echelon, received a ball which wounded him dangerously. On the 26th the Duke of Elaingen advanced by Sarracona to Borja. The enemy destroyed Go tumbrels, which they had at Sarracona. " General Maurice Mathieu arrived on the f2 s tb at Borja,.pursuing the enemy,' and every morq , ; taking fresh prisoners, the number of which already amounts to 5000; they are all troops of the No quarter was given to any of the peasants <<'' l° were found in arms. We took 37 pieces of uno" 11. • Disorder and delirium have seized upon their leader ; * Their first proceeding was a violent manifesto, i4l which they declared war against France. They ii; puted to her all the disorders of their C o urt, 111 degeneracy of the race which reigned, and the ba s° ,.. - ness of the great, who, for many- years, have trated themselves in the most abject manner lit 1 ,: o feet of the idol, which they load with all their i ll % now hp is fallen. They have a v e ry, fj tlse idea I .f Germany, Italy, and France, of S;anish Monlis , they compare them to the Monks which esigi ttl those countries. We find among the B ene eietine s i the 13ernardins, 4c. in France and Italy, a crovi d ;. ° .. , men remarkable in science and literature ; ciev , tinguish themselves by their education,: and by honourable and useful class to which they bet"i l g ' The Spairi4) Monks, on the contra, y, ale chol from the dregs of the people ; they arc ignorant drunken, and can only be compared to people played in slaughter-houses they are ignorani,..,' i 5! have the very manner and appearance of it. 1- only over the lowest t i las,es that they Nye ant „ #1 01 a: once. A citizen would think himself distionotti - by admitting a monk, to his table, A. to the tgoate spaoish peasants lee nenly compklro" -- to the Fellahs of Egypt ; they have no prorrtYr, every thing belongs to the Monks, oF'4Oute i b‘ v. 1..1 till house. The liberty to keep an inn is a right, yet, in a countty so favovied by natOres find neither post nor ions ; time ta;es.were ale' tla te a . and belong to the Lords. The great have deg ° g / ' ) .•,,, rated to such a degree, that they are without o' d iye with , tit merit, and even without influence. every day find at Valladolid, and beyond it,, derable magazines of 'amts. The English taithi . "' n executed thlt part of their e h gagetpent ; they' mised muskets .‘ poigpards, an d lib e l s ; t hese t i li le 9 l 4 have sent in prolusion. Their inventive spirit t been signalized ; and they have carried to. a g, 4 . lekv,lh the art of spreading hhels, as of late they. 1 1a disw,guished theruseives, by titer tire-rockets• the evils, all the scourges which can at uuttlick n, come from London." VlElitiA, Nov. 25.- 7 11 e Court Qaufte. hag 1 74131 P. lished tht follow ing spit*, respecting Tin keY: u tas ' The great camp of Daud-Pucha, near o tinople, now occupied by the particulat;r93 101 Mustapha Bairactar, and by the Seimato - • whfr. has orQn:.zed with inconceivable promptitude". the others are gone to,the grand army of Pr i ,liir 4 or returned into their provinces. Ql'4 his " ° "'llto the troops of the Heys and /Vans of Asia, fklrffi „I t/ greater part. These, , befor e their detiatturg, " tbo gaged themselves by a mast: sacred oath, befor e , o , Grand Vizier, to sacrifice all their p e poal Sites }qui to appear at the first signal, to defekl' oe y Mahometan religion and the empire. fsmoilo„ . 10 , of 4eres, Asniann Oglu, and Kaleangli , were the first who set out they were folkove the celebrated Vivify Oglu. itt " Mustapha iiractar Ss incessantly .occup ; e tQ a augmenting the Seynians, which he will r oi4 • e 4 4 '16i;,99.0, men ; they are to have red, gren , - , ta white uniforms. These troops will 1*41.4 0 2,, i, 1t hulas i Goo men each. There will be ic s- 7-) ! bultik a Binbaschi, Muhl:l3in (two Stiff Offe e ; 4 ; 16 Jushasches, and USD Oub.ischi (Cartju s a ; t lij Lieutenants), The Grand Vizier has entirelY„.eof, away the obstacle which resulted from a tliiterel' itr religion,. and which the Porte has hitherto ''', / e violably respetied. Turks and Greeks arc 11 ) indiscriminately in the corps Of Sevmans. Mu.st"bi4 has already, at lindschuk, many Greeks ai""6,,fir best troops, and on the 12th O&ober, his eo wl t ,oi ' and his banker made their entry tinder an o e ' lf sixty Seymans, who were all Armenians. th °f " The Grand Vizier caused, in the 1 1 ° 1 1 foil . October, a great number of casgis (rower,; 01-1 ; , i t ermen) to come to the environs of the col' ul llit% order to make them serve on board the flee t ' ancient corps of )" an isso r ies every day decr el/s :jiliL', The Grand Vizier has just caused to be,exee" l ` mot powerful supporters of that corps,w lio w ere most powerfully opposed to the Nizainged" a l ci-decant Siemen Baschi, and the Inspecforso'i4, Arsenals, Khwigi Oglu and Mos!aph'a Aga• last having called'to the 25th Cohort of Jaitissar'', to mewdilich a ' iely lie killedbe l o n g e d , si' him s blo t ,, a v n of t he i‘ l" sabre sl'ii)hl ; eNecutioner imitiziatt ly cut oil his head, :is W e that of his unforium:te convan4ni. 40 1 . " The Grand Seignior h ,s, by a Decree,. f,ti„ii to the Vizier unlimited hot ers 4;r the atignieut3,.;cr of the forces, both by sea and laud. "I' his Mi111:10, completely ',aid the new troops before the 1 -r oni , mencetnent of the Fa.t, and what is very jul r il lorlY has establi,hed a Chamber of Finances, particn.oced for the S:yinans, at the he'd of which he has 1 . lo s the former Treasurer, •Beciedsch Effendi. 0 stt,'ciolt rcplaced• the Mmister of F4ll.OlCci bY th e , 4 itiV Crausch-bachi (Marshal of the Court), Achmet .Etfenui, who has for soccessor fia, r to y Mehmisch Effendi, if:if-me:ly President of oc e Acco.unts. Thanks be to the indefatigable v'g . ; hir and energy of Mustapha Bairactar, all ihe.abeS,....• portant changes have - been peaceably elf ton Egypt continues to enjoy the most p eri " . vi d i quillity. "Khe Paella of Bagdad pursues goer the ituportant advantages which he 1 ) 3 ,7, ec. 9• gained over the Wecahabites."—Monileur,filvizier CONsTANTINVII,F OCT, GOP ,